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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Hiromasa Fujihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Masataka Goto, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiromasa Fujihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Masataka Goto, Tsukuba, JP;
Abstract
A music information retrieval system of the present invention can retrieve unknown songs including singing voices having similar voice timbres. Voice timbre features of the songs and identifiers for the respective songs are stored in voice timbre feature storage section. When one of the songs is selected, similarity calculation sectioncalculates voice timbre similarities between the selected song and the respective remaining songs, based on voice timbre features of the selected song and the other songs. Similar song retrieval and display sectiondisplays on a displaya plurality of identifiers for songs which are similar to the selected song in voice timbre. Song data reproduction sectionreproduces song data corresponding to one or more identifiers selected from among the plurality of identifiers displayed on the display